Raster Dataset
Tags
HJ Andrews Experimental Forest,
Landscape Ecology, Oregon, geology, Blue River Watershed, Lidar, Willamette Basin, Forest
Metrics, Mean Height
Mean height is a forest metric derived from Lidar point clouds. This metric measures the average height of the Lidar point cloud. This analysis is done in a given grid cell size. Height metrics give various statistics of the elevation above ground for a given set of Lidar points. In forested landscapes, first return height metrics describe the forest canopy.
Mean height is derived from the raw Lidar point clouds using the FUSION software. The horizontal resolution is 5 meters. Only first Lidar returns were used so that height metrics describe the top of the canopy. This metric measures the mean height of first return Lidar points in a given grid cell. Only Lidar points greater than 1 meter off the ground were used in this analysis.
Watershed Sciences, Inc. (WS) collected Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data from HJ Andrews and the Willamette National Forest (NF) on August 10th and 11th 2008. Total area for this AOI is 17,705 acres. The total area of delivered LiDAR including 100 m buffer is 19,493 acres.
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Extent
West | -122.277460 | East | -122.096288 |
North | 44.295006 | South | 44.196772 |
Maximum (zoomed in) | 1:5,000 |
Minimum (zoomed out) | 1:50,000 |
The LiDAR was flown on August 10th and 11, 2008 and processed data was delivered on November 14th, 2008.
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Mean height in meters
FUSION software documentation